Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:50 pm  

St pete wrote:

At the moment its basically fitness and Brown has them doing long long days which is good

Spoke to few lads last week at Langtree park for the footy match but nobody really mentioned positions etc.

I'd guess that lance will be a utility off the bench.

I think that is his natural position! And not meaning that in a bad way, coming off the bench to give a different option would be really useful, particularly if he gives Roby a bit of a rest. He appears to have a huge heart, but not the skills to make any one spot his own. He may well be the highest paid bench warmer in Super League, but his wages shouldn't guarantee him a starting spot. A bench of TP, LMS, Clough/Walmesly and Hiho would be pretty reasonable, with the likes of Flanghan as backup.

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:53 pm  

SomersetSaint wrote:

I think that is his natural position! And not meaning that in a bad way, coming off the bench to give a different option would be really useful, particularly if he gives Roby a bit of a rest. He appears to have a huge heart, but not the skills to make any one spot his own. He may well be the highest paid bench warmer in Super League, but his wages shouldn't guarantee him a starting spot. A bench of TP, LMS, Clough/Walmesly and Hiho would be pretty reasonable, with the likes of Flanghan as backup.

I'd play lance fullback. It's his natural position and made a successful career in the number 1 shirt.

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Sun Dec 02, 2012 7:24 pm  

St pete wrote:

I'd play lance fullback. It's his natural position and made a successful career in the number 1 shirt.

My thinking too.

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:10 pm  

St pete wrote:

I'd play lance fullback. It's his natural position and made a successful career in the number 1 shirt.

Spoke to a couple of players over weekend & theyre really excited by Brown's arrival. A Senior player adamant he is learning new things under Brown already.

He also thinks are attack will improve dramatically this yr, Gaskell & Lomax working really well together & he reckons Lomax is developing as a player under Brown & will be a different player this yr.

I pointed out we havent had what I consider to be a top COACH since Daniel Anderson, and lets just say he didnt disagree with me. Good vibes from the training by all accounts.

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:23 pm  

theres only one stan wall wrote:

Spoke to a couple of players over weekend & theyre really excited by Brown's arrival. A Senior player adamant he is learning new things under Brown already.

He also thinks are attack will improve dramatically this yr, Gaskell & Lomax working really well together & he reckons Lomax is developing as a player under Brown & will be a different player this yr.

I pointed out we havent had what I consider to be a top COACH since Daniel Anderson, and lets just say he didnt disagree with me. Good vibes from the training by all accounts.

Few of the lads said they are happy with him. They say he thinks out the box and does stuff they wouldn't have done under previous coaches.

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:13 am  

Well for the first time for a while I'm getting excited again about watching Saints

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:14 am  

St pete wrote:

Few of the lads said they are happy with him...

Do you realise what this really says?

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:40 pm  

St pete wrote:

Few of the lads said they are happy with him.

They said that about Potter and Simmons, too, when they first arrived! I wouldnt take that as meaning much at all.

If what was mentioned about Gaskell and Lomax is true, and Brown intends to play them as the halfback combination in 2013, then I love Brown already.

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:52 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

They said that about Potter and Simmons, too, when they first arrived! I wouldnt take that as meaning much at all.

If what was mentioned about Gaskell and Lomax is true, and Brown intends to play them as the halfback combination in 2013, then I love Brown already.

Players always big up the new coach when asked officially, but has the above been said off the record? If it has and the poster isn't telling porkies, then its promising. Mind you, unless you're a real negetive nanny, you should be postive about a new coach i reckon.

I'm with you though, if we're going back to Lomaskell in the halves, then hoo-feckin-ray.

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:14 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

They said that about Potter and Simmons, too, when they first arrived! I wouldnt take that as meaning much at all.

If what was mentioned about Gaskell and Lomax is true, and Brown intends to play them as the halfback combination in 2013, then I love Brown already.

Same for me. No point in flogging a dead horse with Hohaia and Lomax in the halves.